Where's George?: The Trail Of $1 Bills Across The U.S. : NPR A group of hobbyists has been tracking the movement of stamped "Where's George?" $1 bills across the country. Prince Roy/Flickr hide caption toggle caption Prince Roy/Flickr A group of hobbyists has been tracking the movement of stamped "Where's George?" $1 bills across the country. Prince Roy/Flickr When you hear the words "social network" you probably think of Facebook or Twitter. But years before either of those websites — when most of us weren't using the Internet at all — a smaller, stranger community was emerging around something called WheresGeorge.com , a 15-year-old subculture that's dedicated to the $1 bill. At Kabooz's Bar and Grill at New York's Penn Station, Jennifer Fishinger is covering her table in stacks of ones. There are 500 $1 bills laid out. At the next table over, David Henry has his stacks of cash in plastic bags. They're paper-clipped $1 bills in groups of 10.

Avid users of wheresgeorge.com gather at Kabooz's Bar and Grill at New York's Penn Station to trade dollar bills and send off a group that's going on a cross-country train trip to Los Angeles. Stan Alcorn for NPR hide caption toggle caption Stan Alcorn for NPR Avid users of wheresgeorge.com gather at Kabooz's Bar and Grill at New York's Penn Station to trade dollar bills and send off a group that's going on a cross-country train trip to Los Angeles. Stan Alcorn for NPR 'A Quirky Idea' For this group, it's all about the George Washingtons. Their dollars are stamped with messages like "currency tracking project" and "Track me at WheresGeorge.com." The website is the brainchild of Hank Eskin, a former tech consultant. "I started the website in '98 as just a quirky idea. I didn't expect anything to happen," Eskin says. "I had no idea it would turn into a hobby or create this whole sensation." It's called Georging. And typical Georgers log in religiously to enter their dollars' serial numbers and ZIP codes before they stamp and spend them.

If one gets entered a second time, the Georger gets an email. That's called a "hit." Robert Rothenberg was sitting at the table in Kabooz's when he got a hit in New Jersey. He gets a lot of hits, since he's entered nearly 100,000 bills into the website's database. "I have a hit streak going since July of 2010, every day since then. I'm trying to get to 1,000 days, which will be the end of the month," Rothenberg says. Article continues after sponsorship 'Sexy' Statistics Part of the attraction for a segment of users, Eskin says, is the math and data. "Getting a lot of bills out there, getting them into different states and counties, seeing where they hit and analyzing all the statistics and the distance and time and the ZIP codes — real-like gearheads," he says. But it's not just gearhead Georgers who love the statistics. YouTube "As a data set, it is very sexy," says Dirk Brockmann, a theoretical physicist at Northwestern University. He was studying human mobility when a cabinetmaker in Vermont told him about the website.

"I was like, 'Oh wow, this is amazing because it's data that goes down to the ZIP code scale in the U.S.,'" Brockmann says. By analyzing the Where's George? data , he's tested theories about networks , modeled infectious diseases and mapped the flow of currency in the U.S. "It turns out that what started as a — in quotes — 'silly game' did some massive science, it was like the first measurement of human mobility on this scale," he says. Traveling Dollar Bills And human mobility interests the individual Georgers, too. The gathering at Kabooz's is to send off a group going on a cross-country train trip from New York City to Los Angeles. Howard Weissman isn't traveling on this journey, but he has envelopes full of stamped bills to trade with the Geogers who are. "I don't travel much nowadays," Weissman says. "This is one way for me to get my bills across the country. The bills do a lot more traveling than I do." This is the wistful side of Georging and maybe of capitalism, too — your money always travels a little bit farther than you do.

UPI NEXT By Jordan Frakes PHOENIX, May 9 -- It may not buy much, but the $1 bill is forging friendships, reigniting romances and scouting the spread of infectious disease. More than $800 billion of U.S. currency is in circulation. The vast majority of these bills go untraced as they travel from person to person, but a select $189 billion are being followed. Where’s George? is an interactive website ( where users can register their cash and track its journey across the globe. “It is a fun and easy way to see where your money goes,” said Susan Coleman, an active Where’s George? user from Phoenix. “All you need is an Internet connection.” To track their cash, users type in their zip codes and the serial number of the bill. They are also able to include a description of the bill’s condition and how they came across it. The site tracks any denomination of up to $100, but the $1 bill is the most commonly registered. On the bill, users might write or stamp such phrases as: “Track me at ” or “Make a nerd happy- enter this bill at ” directing its next owner to the website.

Hank Eskin, a database consultant in Brookline, Mass. launched the website in 1998. “I knew it was a quirky idea when I started it, but I had no idea that I would create an entire hobby out of this idea," he said. Where’s George? has more than 6 million registered users, and has garnered what some would consider a cult following of dedicated bill trackers who refer to themselves as “Georgers.” When he was 10, Jordon Kalilich of Deerfield Beach, Fla. said, he collected bills from around the house, but not so he could buy new toys. Kalilich had discovered a new online phenomenon that allowed him to track his (or his parents’) money around the country. Not only was he an active user, Kalilich said he was so fascinated by Where’s George? that he earned himself a spot in Eskin’s inner circle - Team Aqua, a group of Georgers who assist Eskin by answering emails received via the online contact form. As a member of Team Aqua, Kalilich said, he noticed the lingo he enjoyed using with his fellow Georgers on the forums might be difficult for newer members to understand.

He complied a written list of the underground language into a comprehensive directory dubbed the Encyclopedia Georgetannica. “It’s a way to keep the various terms that people come up with in one place,” Kalilich said. Kalilich said it was rare to take a vacation, but as a kid, he saw the world through the eyes of George. “I lived vicariously through whatever small amount of money I had at the time,” Kalilich said. “It was fun to see where the bills would end up.” Today, users who share Kalilich’s passion have created in-person networks in every state across the country. Coleman said she and several other Georgers periodically get together to trade bills, share stories and eat pizza. “I have never met another Georger that I didn’t like,” she said. Coleman, better known as Moonchild242 on Where's George?, said she enjoys being a part of a group where her “nerdiness” is appreciated. Her goal is to have a get together in every county in Arizona. Coleman said she has endured her fair share of strange looks from cashiers when she hands them a wad of marked bills, but most of her family and friends are supportive of her obsession.

“Everybody thinks it is a little weird and off-the-wall,” she said. “I like being the weird one.” Coleman said she has become so involved with the hobby that she refuses to spend a bill that she hasn’t stamped. “I use cash whenever possible,” she said. “It doesn’t feel right if it isn’t marked.” Eskin said he used to sell stamps for the bills on the Where’s George? Web site, but stopped, he said, after being contacted by the U.S. Secret Service. Advertising on federal dollars is illegal, according to the U.S. Treasury Department, but writing on or marking the bill is not, unless it is rendered unusable. For new users, this means leaving handwritten notes on the money they want to track, but most veterans have found outside sources to make stamps for them. Colleen Spiegler of Pittsburgh said she has been an active Where’s George? user for 12 years, and has entered more than 65,000 bills. She said she enjoys attending gatherings with her fellow Georgers, who include everyone from doctors to convenience store owners. “It is such an interesting mix of people,” she said.

One of her most proud moments as a Georger was getting a 50-state bingo - the name Georgers use for when a bill is tracked to all 50 states. “There is always hope that you will get a really interesting hit,” she said. In November 1999, Spiegler said, her photo was featured in a local Pennsylvania paper for an article about her involvement with Where’s George? She said an ex-boyfriend, whom she had dated 10 years prior, contacted her after reading the article. They have been happily married since 2002. “It’s funny how things work out,” she said. While Where’s George? is a hobby for some, data derived from the Web site has contributed to scientific research about human mobility and the spread of epidemics. With the lifespan of a little more than a year, the average dollar bill changes many hands and is capable of traveling far distances, said Dirk Brockmann, theoretical physicist and associate professor at Northwestern University. Brockmann used data from Where’s George? to measure human mobility patterns and improve models for the spread of disease. “We wanted to understand how to diseases spread, so we needed to know how humans travel,” Brockmann said.

He first heard about the Web site when visiting a friend in Vermont, but did not initially think it would be an accurate measure of human travel because of the variability involved. Brockmann said someone could enter a bill someplace and then it could be re-entered in another location, but it is unclear where the bill traveled in between "hits," the word Georgers use to describe what happens when a bill is entered into the Where's George? database. But after studying the data, he realized that reports of bills traveling longer distances were less common than shorter ones, just as people are much more likely to travel shorter distances. “I was very surprised by the simplicity that was somehow generated by the bulk of people,” Brockmann said. Brockmann said he discovered some simple mathematical laws underlying the movement of dollar bills and the patterns of human mobility were hidden in the data. “In order to learn about how humans travel, we looked at the bills,” he said.

“The flux of bills between two counties is approximately proportional to the flux of humans.” When the H1N1, otherwise known as swine flu, epidemic broke out in 2009, Brockmann and a team of students from Northwestern used a series of complex computer models and algorithms to project the path for the spread of the disease. The epidemic-modeling team predicted where the disease was headed, what time it would arrive and how many people were going to get sick. “The spread of H1N1 is a very complicated phenomenon,” Brockmann said. “We predicted hotspots for the spread of [the swine flu].” Brockmann said he is planning on working with the Federal Reserve to conduct more research with the dataset. In order to adapt to changing technology, Eskin said Where’s George? will be coming out with Android, Blackberry and iPhone apps in the near future. Kalilich, who recently graduated from the University of Florida with a degree in computer science, said the application will make it easier for users to enter their bills. “I think the time has come for a mobile app,” he said.

Although he is no longer as active on the site as he once was, Kalilich said he is grateful for the people he has met and the sense of community Where’s George? creates. “We all just kind of have this crazy obsession,” he said. “That’s what keeps the site going.” UPI Next is the media development division of United Press International, Inc. © 2017 All Rights Reserved The Encyclop�dia Georgetannica AA - n. On Where's George? bill reports that have been hit at military sites abroad, an abbreviation for Armed Forces Americas (excluding the US and Canada). Very few hits have shown this abbreviation. Abe - n. A five-dollar bill. Also: five, fiver, fin, five-spot. Adam - Biog. Name. The #1 Georger (based on George Score) from January 1999 to August 2000. He has entered over 100,000 bills, more than any other Georger. Adam lives in Barnegat Light and Pine Brook, NJ. Adam's profile AE - n. On Where's George? bill reports that have been hit at military sites abroad, an abbreviation for Armed Forces Europe.

Alex - n. A ten-dollar bill. Also: Al, Alexander, ten-spot, sawbuck. Andy - n. A twenty-dollar bill. Also: Andrew, Jackson. AP - n. On Where's George? bill reports that have been hit at military sites abroad, an abbreviation for Armed Forces Pacific. APO - n. On Where's George? bill reports that have been hit at military sites abroad, an abbreviation for Army Post Office. Ben - n. A one hundred-dollar bill. BEP - n. Abbreviation for Bureau of Engraving and Printing, which prints America's paper currency. bi-coastal bill - n. A bill that has been entered or hit on one coast, and later gets hit on the opposite coast. Here is an example. [Term invented by ERIC ] Bingo - n. The act by which one receives hits that conform to a well-defined pattern, such as receiving a hit on a bill from each Federal Reserve Bank (an "FRB Bingo"), all 50 states, all of the counties in a state, etc. [Submitted by Jay the Kinder IT Guy] Birthday Bill - n. A bill whose serial number can be read to spell out a date, usually construed as a birthday.

The best ones are mmddyyyy, ddmmyyyy, and yyyymmdd. Block Letter - n. The letter at the end of the serial number. Block Letter Bingo - n. A hit on a bill with each of the Block Letters, A-N, P-Y, and *. Bookend Bill - n. Bills with the same FRB and Block Letter. Example: C12345678C. Blueberry Hit - n. A hit in Canada, named for the blue color of Canadian entries. Boomerang Bill - n. 1. A bill that is entered in one location, and then hit in the same or a nearby location with a user note saying that the hitter got it in another location. Here is an example. 2. A bill that is entered in one location, hit once or more than once in another location, and then hit again in or near the first location. Brave George - n. A bill that is entered and stamped on the front and the back, because the initial user does not mind about what people think of the bill's markings. [Term coined by Rob .] C (Back to top) Capital George - n.

A bill that has been hit in a state, provincial, territorial, or national capital. [Term coined by Mike.] Chicken George - n. 1. A registered bill that is marked or stamped on the back only, usually because the initial user is afraid to pass bills that are marked on the front. 2. Nickname given to George Chiasson (b: 1951- d: 2001), the #1 Georger in the state of WA, because he sometimes had a tendency to mark his bills as Chicken Georges. [Term coined by Ralph and Rob .] Child n. A user whose first wild was originally entered by you. Also, Where's George child, WG child. (see also "parent") Commercial Georger - n. A Georger who enters bills taken from his or her workplace. They typically become top Georgers due to the high volume of cash they handle. Covered Up George - n. A bill with Where's George? markings that have been blacked out or otherwise obstructed from plain view. [Term coined by Somebody from Nowhere.] D (Back to top) Dick Clark Bill - n. A relatively old bill found in excellent condition in circulation.

[Invented by Dwayne Fishbone Richardson and Blaster.] direct hit - n. A hit received by someone who got the bill where you spent it. [Term submitted by Lorence .] dry spell - n. A period of time in which a user gets no hits. E (Back to top) Educated George - n. A bill received and/or entered at a school. [Term invented by Willy Wonka Fan .] EMS - n. Enter, Mark, Spend. The correct process of using Where's George?. Enter the bill, then mark the bill, then spend it. v. To enter, mark, and spend a bill or bills. F (Back to top) 50 State Bingo - n. The state of having a hit in all 50 states. FOG (Friend of Where's George?) - n. A user who has been rewarded of his/her donations to Hank, and receives special privileges not available with ordinary membership. Also: Friend of George, Friend, Friend of WG. forum - n. A message board. Also: PF, public forum. Plural: forums, fora. FPO - n. On Where's George?

bill reports that have been hit at military sites abroad, an abbreviation for Fleet Post Office. FRB - n. Federal Reserve Bank. One of 12 reserve banks set up under the Federal Reserve Act to hold reserves and discount commercial paper for affiliated banks in their respective districts. Each has a designated letter and number that appears on Federal Reserve Notes. A1 FRB Bingo - n. To have a hit from all twelve FRBs. Also, FRBingo. FRN - n. Federal Reserve Note. A bill issued by a Federal Reserve Bank. GAL - See RTH . gathering - n. An informal meeting of WG users, usually held at a restaurant, amusement park, or tourist venue. Many people find gatherings a good way to meet their fellow Georgers, and people sometimes travel to gatherings from hundreds of miles away. Gatherings are never sponsored by wheresgeorge?, and this website has no connection whatever with any gathering. A gathering is held strictly by an infromal arrangement among WG users. [Definition by CMgeorger] Geo-George - n. A marked bill left or found in a Geocache . [Term submitted by Joe in Grand Prarie, TX.] George - n. A one-dollar bill. v.

tr. To enter a bill or bills in the Where's George? database. Georged - adj. To describe bill that has been entered. Georgeaholic - n. a Georger who is hopelessly addicted to Where's George? to the point of clear obsession. Also: George-aholic. [Term invented by Otto ] Georgeaversary - n. The anniversary of the day one joined Where's George?. Georger - n. A registered Where's George? user. Also: Where's Georger. Georgette - n. A female Georger. This term is seldom used. George Score - n. A formula used to rank Georgers. The formula is 100* ( SQRT(LN(BillsEntered)) + LN(Hits + 1) ) * [1 - (Days of Inactivity / 100)], where LN = natural log and SQRT = square root. It goes into effect after a few hits. George town - n. A city or town that one of a user's bills has been entered in. [Term coined by Bob] Georging by Proxy - v.

The act of writing on paper (other than currency) or typing on any keyboard the URL [Invented by Happy Hodag! ] Ghost George - n. See Natural George Grant - n. A fifty-dollar bill. Grape Ape hit - n. A hit in an APO/FPO zip code that shows up as purple instead of green (USA) or blue (Canada). Guinness Effect - n. The phenomenon in which two bills entered and spent at different times and places travel independently, then converge to be hit in the same place at the same time. [Named for user Guinness, who first took notice of this occurrence.] H (Back to top) Hank - Biog. Name. The creator and webmaster of Where's George?. He lives in Brookline, MA. Hank's profile . v. tr. To terminate or disable a user's account due to fraudulent activities. hit - n. A bill which is re-entered into the Where's George? database. v. tr. To give a user a hit. Holy George - n. A bill that is involved in any religious purpose, such as being put in a collection plate at a church, or being entered by a religious person such as a minister, deacon, etc.

[Invented by Cory in Fla.] Homing George - n. A special boomerang bill that is entered in one location, spent in another (according to the user note) hit once or more than once in a faraway location, and then hit again in or near the first location. [Term invented by Tom ] M (Back to top) m - Abbrev. "More." Used in the subject line of a forum post to indicate that there is more to the message than the subject. Magenta Hank - Biog. Name. Nickname for Hank. On the public forums, his name is posted magenta in color, hence the nickname. Maiden George - n. The first not previously entered bill entered by a user. [Term coined by Audrey & Scott] Martha - n. A non-Georger. [Term submitted by Lew] marvel hit - n. A hit in a light purple or black and orange striped county on The Map of All Hit Bills. [Term invented by Jakob.] Mean Time Between Hits - n. The average time it takes for a user to get a hit. Also: MTBH. [Term submitted by mitch.] McGeorge - n. A bill received at McDonald's.

[Coined by Shane Harrelson.] Midwest Moan - n. A complaint about one's dry spells in the Midwest USA forum, which is said to bring hits. Mirror George - n. A bill that has been hit in cities with the same name in different states. [Term invented by Webfoot ] Naked George - n. A hit with a user note that suggests the bill's connection to the adult entertainment industry. A Naked George is NOT a Natural, Stealth, or Ghost George. [Named for Naked George, a user who frequented strip clubs.] natural circulation - Phrase. The process of spending and receiving bills in an ordinary fashion. Natural George - n. A bill that is entered in the Where's George? database, but not marked. Also: Stealth George, Ghost George. A Natural/Ghost/Stealth George is NOT a Naked George. Newborn George - n. A new, uncirculated bill that is EMSed. [Submitted by Extra Crispy George.] Northeast Nag - n. A complaint about one's dry spells in the Northeast USA forum, which is said to bring hits. nt - Phrase. Indicates a forum post with no text inside.

Also: nt, n/t, NT, 9999, eom (end of message), n/m (no more), nti (no text inside). P (Back to top) parent n. The user who originally entered the first wild that another user found. Also, Where's George parent, WG parent. (see also "child") pecquiologist (peh kwee AH luh jist) - n. A person who tracks money on the Internet. [Term coined by Slowpoke .] pecquiology (peh kwee AH luh jee) - n. The practice of tracking money on the Internet. [Latin pecunia, money + sequi, follow + -logia, science, theory, or doctrine.] [Term coined by Slowpoke .] PM (Profile Manipulator) - n. A user who views profiles repeatedly in order to get them on the Most Popular User Profiles list. Prodigal Georger - n. A registered user who has not been active on Where's George? for a long time, then returns and becomes very active. [Term invented by Rochester Mike .] Serendipitous Georging - n.

Leaving marked bills hidden in random places, such as on a sidewalk, in a book, etc. [Coined by Doomer.] Serendipity George - n. A bill hidden somewhere as a result of Serendipitous Georging. [Coined by Doomer.] Sherlock George - n. A bill entered into Where's George without the URL or the words wheresgeorge marked on it but is marked with a clue indicating it is entered. sleeper - n. A bill that takes a long time, generally over a year or so, to get hit, but the length of time is relative to how long the initial user has been Georging. Here is an example. Solo George - n. The first bill to be hit in a given zip code. Southeastern Sigh - n. A complaint about one's dry spells in the Southeast USA forum, which is said to bring hits. SS - n. Abbreviation for Secret Service. star note - n. From the Where's George? FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions) Page : "The star after the serial number [means that the bill] is a replacement note that was issued to take the place of a defective note that was discovered.

Since it's too cost-prohibitive to re-issue the same serial number, it's easier to print up a bunch of star notes and then use them to fill the stack once the defects are pulled out. Star notes don't command a premium unless they are uncirculated, and/or have a real interesting serial number. Using the * ('asterisk'=SHIFT-8) key will get it into the system." Also: star bill, star. Stealth George - n. See Natural George sterile hit - n. A hit in which the hitter did not register or leave a User's Note. [term invented by Terry ] strap - n. A bundle of 100 $1 bills, frequently requested of banks by addicted Georgers. Stubborn George - n. A bill that stays around a cash supply until someone gets curious enough to enter it. [term invented by Jennifer] Team Aqua - n. A group of Georgers who assist Hank by answering e-mails received via the Contact Us Form . Current Members: fogette, DrASK, NapaMac, Dave From Central MAss, JT from MD Emeritus Members: Slowpoke, Hans M. Guy, Spencer, Beaker [Term invented by Hank and Slowpoke.] Tom - n.

A two-dollar bill. total Georger - n. A Georger who enters more than 90% of the currency that comes into his or her possession. [term invented by Man ] Total Hit Mileage - n. The total mileage of a user's hits. Also: THM. Twin Bills - n. Bills with the same serial number but from differen series years. two-hitter three-stater - n. A bill that has been hit twice and entered in a total of three states. Here is an example. U (Back to top) Unconscious George - n. A bill entered once, never to be heard from again. [Invented by Happy Hodag! ] Undercover Georges - n. Natural Georges with a message specifically saying they were headed to the bank and are flying low key or undercover.� They check out the bank and then try to escape. [Term coined by Racer X] W (Back to top) Watercooler George - n. A marked bill spent within an office that receives a hit from another employee of that office. [Term coined by John Thompson] Webfoot's Corollary - n. A corollary that states that too much Western Whining counteracts the said effects.

[term invented by Jim in Camarillo , named for user Webfoot ] Western Whine - n. A complaint about one's dry spells in the Western USA forum, which is said to bring hits. "Western Whining Works Wonders" - Phrase. The assumption that complaining about your dry spells in the Western USA Forum will give you hits. WG - n. Abbreviation for Where's George? Also: WG? WGA - n. Abbreviation for Where's George? Anonymous, a user-created page where Georgers can share their thoughts about being "addicted" to WG. There are currently at least two such Web sites, both operating under the same name: one is located at (run by Ed ) and the other at (run by ���鮤�k� � ). Where's George? - n. A Web site located at at which users enter the denominations, serial numbers, and series years of U.S. paper money into the database (along with the zip/post code where they are), mark the bills with the Web site address and spend the bills, hoping people will see their bills and do the same. This page contains a list of terms used by Where's George users.

The site is named for George Washington, the first president of the United States, who appears on the $1 bill. Also: Where's George, WG, WG?. [Term invented by Kendall Chun.] Where's Willy? - n. A Web site located at at which users enter the denominations, serial numbers, and series years of Canadian paper money into the database (along with the zip/post code where they are), mark the bills with the Web site address and spend the bills, hoping people will see their bills and do the same. This page contains a list of terms used by Where's George users, but many of them also apply to Where's Willy. The site is named for Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the first prime minister of French descent, who appears on the $5 bill. Also: Where's Willy, WW, WW?. [Term invented by Kendall Chun (by extension!).] Wild - n. A bill that has previously been entered on Where's George? and marked with the Web address. Also, Wild George. Wild and Crazy George - n. A bill that is marked with Where's George?'s Web address, but not entered in the database. This is a very bad practice and not recommended.

Enter, Mark, Spend (in that order) is very important. This will reduce the amount of e-mail requests to Hank, asking why someone cannot find a bill's history. [term invented by Hank ] Where's George? Reviews - 8 Reviews of Wheresgeorge.com | SiteJabber Where's George? reviews 258 Harvard St. #333 Brookline, MA 02446 This business is not yet responding to reviews. If this is your business claim it and respond free. 8 Reviews From Our Community Rating Distribution “A fun hobby!” 7/8/15 I've been on this site going on 8 years now. I absolutely love it. It is always interesting to see where bills end up. The site is very user friendly and premium options (like the Friends of George program) really help elevate the user experience. “Fun when you get hits, but each redesign gets worse..” 6/4/15 It used to be a lot easier to enter bills, but the new site makes you do extra cliks and forces ads on you to the point where its almost no fun anymore. “The owner changed the site” 1/1/14 The owner changed the site.

Runs it as if he is doing you a favor. When we are the ones who are entering bills and helping to advertise HIS website. Without us he would have no website and would not make any money from the ads that now run on it. When I entered a bill there was a bill with the same number as mine but different year so I entered it with that year also to see where it came from and how long it was out there I discovered that it was not hit for over 8 years nor was the george member active for about that long. Must have died waiting for the bill to be hit on. With no explanation I was suspended. Upon contact with the owner I was told that I did a very very bad thing entering a bill I did not have. He told me that he would let me enter bills again if I promised him that I would never never do such a bad thing again. I am not a child and I will not kiss his ass so that I can advertise his website to thousands of people. He could have been decent and just told me that I broke the rules instead of treating me like a child sending me to my room without even stating why. And then expecting me to kiss his ass.

I can advertise for another tracking service just as well. There are other tracking sites you can use beside this one --- I suggest you use them “Owner of site changed rules and no longer allows you...” 11/19/12 Owner of site changed rules and no longer allows you to make personalized comments to the bills you post and wiped away hundreds of hours of time spent by many doing so. Knee jerk reaction to to a much smaller group causing some form of problem. Inflexable when confronted, be aware your efforts may be negated in the future too. Only state this because I can not get back the time I spent keying in nor can I any longer see the creative replies where I knew I had truly touched someone. “Where's George is a bill tracking site” 12/6/11 Where's George is a bill tracking site. The hobby is known as "Georging" and those who do it are "Georgers." Registration is free and does not generate uninvited spam. Bills are marked in various ways - some folks use a rubber stamp, some hand-write their message. As long as the serial number does not get messed up, it is not "defacing" or illegal.

I write in the margins: "Where's George?" in the side margin on the face of the bill and in the long margin on the back of the bill (top or bottom, whichever is the widest) I write "Track my journey. Register me at wheresgeorge.com." The site keeps track of incredibly detailed statistics about the origin of the bills you've entered and those that have received hits including rate of travel per day. You get a score based on the number of hits registered on bills you have entered, distance traveled, number of days since your last activity, etc. I have been Georging for about ten years. I am in the top 3% in California and the top 8% nationwide of those with George scores. I have had hits from 28 states, two from Germany, and one from Egypt. Yet I'm nowhere near those individuals that have had hits from every state capital in the country. Or from every county in their state. Where's Willy is the Canadian equivalent. P.S. - This site was overwhelmed with traffic a couple years ago when it was used as an example of how a flu virus could travel worldwide and how long it would take.

“This is a fun site if you're interested in where your...” 6/21/10 This is a fun site if you're interested in where your money has been or where it's going...literally! What you do is you can enter the serial number on your bills, all denominations, and if someone has entered this same bill into the site, it'll tell you where it's been. It's a fun tracking system. I've gotten bills from overseas where military personnel had exchanged it for foreign currency and I got a dollar bill that had traveled all the way from Germany to me in Texas. You can start by entering your own and the site keeps a list of the bills you entered and you can track them and see where they're at whenever you want. I got one from Louisiana today that had traveled 421 miles in 4 days. Some people order a stamp to stamp their bills with the web address on there to let others know it's been entered but if you're worried about writing on US money, of course, you don't have to. I seriously doubt the Secret Service is going to beat down your door for it but that's up to you.

I've written the web address on many asked that they be entered. Some ppl don't write or stamp on it but it still may be in the database anyway. Anyway, I find it fun and interesting and boy, do I need a life but hey, it'll work until I get one, lol. How you can track a FRN's travels in circulation | Coin World Collectors can visit the WheresGeorge.com website to register and/or track notes that have been rubber-stamped with a message referencing the website. Coin World image Readers Ask column from Dec. 19, 2016, Weekly issue of Coin World : From time to time, Coin World receives inquiries from readers and other collectors about the appearance in circulation of $1 Federal Reserve notes bearing a stamped message in red ink referencing WheresGeorge.com . I’ve come across such notes on several occasions, the most recent on Oct. 14 at the local McDonald’s restaurant in Sidney, Ohio. For our print readers who can’t access the website to learn what "Where’s George?" is all about, we offer an explanation. Multiple email inquiries Hank Eskin began Where’s George? on Dec.

23, 1998, as a one-man operation, and it continues today as a solo venture. Eskin introduced the site simply for fun, as he explains on the website: “Where’s George? was not created to make money or collect email addresses or anything like that. It was created to simply allow people to track their currency as it circulates around the country and around the world. The funds generated from the banner ads and the Friends program go to help pay for the hardware, software, and bandwidth it takes to keep the site running. The point is to have fun tracking your dollar bills and interacting with thousands of other fun and interesting people here at Where’s George?” Connect with Coin World: Follow us on Twitter The basic program costs nothing for users to participate. The Friends of Where’s George program provides enhanced features for a small fee. Where’s George? used to offer for sale rubber stamps with which users could stamp notes, but it no longer offers the rubber stamps. The stamps new participants use are custom made and vary.

The website reveals that the Series 2013 $1 FRN I received in change from my McDonald’s purchase entered circulation as a Crisp Uncirculated note May 6, 2016, in Collierville, Tenn., from a $100 strap of notes acquired from First Citizens National Bank in Collierville. My posting was the first on WheresGeorge.com since the note entered circulation. It’s not known where else the note traveled before reaching Sidney, but the website tracks that, from the Collierville entry point, the note took 161 days, 4 hours and 52 minutes to travel the roughly 471 miles to Sidney, an average of 2.9 miles per day. RELATED ARTICLES

Question: What is tracked by the Web site Where's George?
Answer: Money